George Russell: Williams Weakness To 75 Percent Aerodynamic

George Russell: Williams Weakness To 75 Percent Aerodynamic

George Russell talks about the current biggest problems with the Williams FW42 - he hopes the upcoming upgrades will improve Drivability

Williams continues to follow the rest of the field. In China, too, George Russell and Robert Kubica in qualifying and races again clearly took the last two places among all participating or finishing the race. "Right now, Robert and I are having big problems with how the car behaves at the corner entry and in the middle of the curve compared to the exit," explains Rookie Russell.

"It's very different in every area, which makes driving so difficult," says the Mercedes junior, explaining that the cause of the problem is "it's mostly aero, but also a bit mechanical." I'd say 75 too 25. " What is the team doing to deal with the difficulties? "There will be upgrades, just like any team," Russell explains.

However, these are just normal updates, which are supposed to bring more downforce. "It's not like we have something special," he shrugs. However, he hopes that the updates, of course, better drivability of the car. With a bolide that behaves more consistently, you could "win a lot of lap time." And Williams really needs it right now.

In qualifying in China, George Russell missed almost a second on Lance Stroll - the slowest non-Williams driver on Saturday. The race on Sunday he and Kubica finished with two laps behind winner Lewis Hamilton. Regarding his own performance in his first three Formula 1 races, he explains: "I am satisfied in some aspects, but there is definitely room for improvement on my part."

Russell finally wants to "understand" the car.

"I definitely have not managed to improve qualifying in the last two races, and I think I still need to understand and respect the limitations of the car - sometimes you could be faster if you only drive at 98 instead of 100 percent "he reveals, explaining," It's a learning process to understand the car. "

"Unfortunately, we can not just go out and get the most out because we do not know 100% how the car is going from one corner to the other, Robert and I are in the same situation and none of us has made the rounds because the car is currently quite difficult to drive, "sighs the reigning Formula 2 champion.

Regarding the upcoming race in Baku, he said, "There are going to be some small changes, and if they work as hoped, they might be positive, but we are not 100 percent sure." He personally is "really looking forward to Baku because I had a great weekend there with Formula 2 last year and it was perhaps my strongest race of the year."

"I won the second race from grid position twelve," he recalls, declaring, "We probably should have won both races." Williams can only dream of such successes right now. But the team also has good memories of Baku. In 2017, Lance Stroll took the podium in a chaotic race. It was the last podium finish in the history of the team to date.